Friday, 4 April 2014

A bill seeking to provide stiffer penalties against examination malpractice passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Thursday.

It sought to amend the existing West African Examination Council Act, 2004, to provide penalties of up to N200,000 against offenders.

Leading the debate on the bill, the House Majority Leader, Mulikat Akande-Adeola, said there was the need to amend Sections 20/21 of the Principal Act to incorporate the new fine.

From the current fine of N2,000, the amendment sought to increase it to N200,000.

Akande-Adeola added, “Furthermore, because of the high incidence of examination malpractice, the Council thought it fit to amend the whole of Section 19 of the Principal Act, providing the offences constituting such malpractice to include illegal possession of examination papers.

Just in a week, two baby factory was uncovered in Ogun state. That is a big issue. See full report below.

There was pandemonium in the Akinremi Estate, Adigbe, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday after some youths discovered a baby factory around Vulcaniser Bus Stop.

The incident comes barely two weeks after eight women were rescued from a baby factory in the Akute area of the state.

Eyewitnesses told PUNCH Metro that the youths, who thought the building was a ritual killers’ den broke into the compound.

In a fit of rage, the youths were said to have set two vehicles ablaze as well as the one-storey building.

A traffic official, who witnessed the incident, said the youths were able to recover a blood-filled basin, coffin, mortar, calabash, effigy, assorted charms, clothes, live scorpion and other suspected fetish items.

At least 30 people believed to be Fulanis have been killed by a team
of soldiers in Keana LGA of Nasarawa State, residents tell Premium Times. See full report below...

The soldiers stormed the Fulani settlements about a kilometre away
from Keana Town in the early hours of today Thursday March 3rd in a convoy, and
allegedly shot at every Fulani in sight.

Most of the deceased were said to be over 70 years old who were not fast
enough to flee the rampage. A witness, Ibrahim Jalo, said that about 24
corpses were evacuated from the Fulani settlements on the road to Giza
Town.

Saturday, 15 March 2014

Investigators say the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was hijacked, steered off-course and could have reached Pakistan. A
Malaysian government official said people with significant flying
experience could have turned off the flight's communication devices. The representative said
that hijacking theory was now 'conclusive', and, as a result, police
have raided the luxury homes of both the captain (right) and the co-pilot (left)The
search operation has now been focused on two 'corridors', one which
extends from north west from Thailand to the Kazakstan-Turkmenistan
border and the other which opens out into the southern Indian Ocean. Continue...

A devout Muslim man is being accused of killing his lesbian daughter and her girlfriend at his home. The bodies of
Britney Cosby (pictured right in the pic) and Crystal Jackson (pictured
left), both 24, were found behind a Dumpster in Texas on March 7th, but
police believe they were killed somewhere else and later dumped there.James Larry Cosby has been arrested and charged with two
counts of evidence-tampering and police are planning to upgrade his
charges to capital murder once they finish their investigation as all
fingers point to him as the murderer because evidence has so far shown
that the ladies were killed in his home. His daughter died from blows to
the head while her girlfriend died from a gunshot wound. Continue...

Tuesday, 18 February 2014

2face Idibia has reacted to reports that he got a banker named Teniola
pregnant. Icon mag claims the girl, who is supposed to be 2face's
account officer, is 3 months pregnant. 2face says it's 100% false.

Princess Stella Oduah has formally handed over to the Minister
of State for Trade and Commerce, Dr Samuel Ortom following her sack by
the President last Wednesday, February 12th.

In her speech, she
thanked President Jonathan for finding her worthy out of the
160million Nigerians and also listed her achievements while she was
Minister. Excerpts from her speech below...

"It was a great privilege to be chosen from amongst the
160million Nigerians to serve in the Federal cabinet. My profound
gratitude goes to Mr President who gave me this rare privilege. I also
want to thank for him all the support he accorded me to pursue his
transformation agenda in the Aviation sector. I equally wish to thank my
aides, aviation sector workers and stake holders who partnered with me
to realize our vision & mission in the sector. During my tenure, we
gave our best to institute reforms in line with Mr President's
Transformation Agenda. We produced the Aviation sector Master-plan and
implementation Road map. Using the Masterplan and Roadmap, we were ably
to...

In a touching and emotional message she shared with fans yesterday,
actress Tonto Dikeh, writing about her struggles before the fame,
claimed she used to beg for food and clean rooms for N200. Fast forward
to today and some lady who is related to her, (maybe her sister?) is
claiming she lied.

Sunday, 16 February 2014

Governor Rotimi Amaechi has escalated his war of words with the Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, saying that Wike is not fit to be an Education minister, talkless of his successor as Governor of the State.

Amaechi spoke yesterday at a thanksgiving service for Senator Magnus Abe, at Bera, in Gokhana Local Government Area.

“Wike is not fit to be the minister of education. How do you make a man who cannot speak English the minister of education? How can Wike convince professors in the university on any issue when he can’t speak proper English?

“My Commissioner for Information, (Mrs Ibim Semenitari), speaks better English than Wike. And I am sure most of you know that she speaks English better than Wike,” he said.

According to a reliable source, Kelly Rowland walked off stage after 5 minutes of performing because of a technical hitch during her performance show with Darey, Love Like A Movie Concert and went back to her hotel. Though she later came back on the stage and everything went on great.

The
second edition of Dare Art Alade's Love Like A Movie held last night at
Ocean View grounds and everyone says its the biggest and most innovative
concert of our time with some of the most epic theatrics displays ever
witnessed in Nigeria.

The jaw
dropping show featured Kelly Rowland, Waje, Tiwa Savage, Eva, Muna, Timi Dakolo, JJC,
ariel dancers among others as well as multi concept costumes and a 250 feet
crane. See pics from the concert after the cut. Above are Munachi Abii and Sasha P...

Saturday, 15 February 2014

Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience Jonathan, may have embarked on another medical trip to Germany. A report by an online news portal, Sahara Reporters, on Saturday quoted two presidential sources as saying the First Lady was flown out of the country discreetly.

One source, the medium claimed, disclosed that Mrs. Jonathan had kept a low profile several weeks before her movement to a German hospital.

“She has not been in good health for a while now,” a source close to the Jonathan family reportedly said.

After a medical trip in 2013, which her spokesman denied, Patience later returned to the country to admit that she went to a German hospital for treatment. The agency also quoted another source as saying, “Nigerians are paying for her treatment and deserve the courtesy of being informed about her movement.”

I try not to say two people are dating if they are not because it's
kinda annoying if you're being linked with someone you barely know but
there's something definitely going on between singer Seun Oni aka Saeon
and actor/BBA winner Uti Nwachukwu. They have been quietly seeing each
other for a few months now...they definitely don't want people knowing
about it but...we have a job to do. Lol.

"It's still in the early stages. They don't want to give it an official
name but there's love and it's serious as of now. They've been on it for
a while, but Saeon doesn't like her personal life out in public. " A
source close to the couple said

Uti and Seun met through mutual friends in 2012 and became fast friends.
Uti even featured in her first video Lies featuring Flowssick. They
became serious late last year. Seun has even written a song for Uti
called Bust My Brain which will be released soon. She also wrote the
sensual song Awada - ereke, which was released last month, for her boo.
They look great together.